I am trying to find someone who has the Aster "Little Carlow" and would be willing to trade a rooted division, or even a cutting if needed. I have found only two on-line nurseries in the US that sell it. (It is very popular in the UK.) One of those two has multiple negative reviews on the Garden Watchdog, and the other requires a rather hefty minimum order when I only want the one plant. Does anyone have this plant and would be willing to make a trade?

My nursery specializes in shade plants, & there are lots of great shady characters not mentioned yet! Carex siderosticha 'Variegata' or even better... 'Silver Streams' Carex morrowi 'Ice Dance' I prefer Clematis virginiana over C. paniculata mainly because it's native. They can both be aggressive and self seed into natural areas... at least C. virginiana belongs in the US. :) Geranium macrorrhizum 'Variegatum' Geranium phaeum 'Margaret Wilson' Pretty much any hellebore ('Golden Lotus' has been amazing, 'Onyx Odyssey' has pooped out) Kirengeshoma palmata has been a great grower for me and is huge. 4'x4' every year. Lamium orvala 'Silva' not your typical groundcover lamium... this one is upright and has big flowers. Leucosceptrum in general. They need a better common name than Japanese Mountain Mint, because mint is a dirty word that scares people. These are well behaved clumpers. Salvia koyamae a big 2-3' tall and wide yellow flowered salvia for shade. Not a super flower show, but great plant. Sanguinaria canadensis - bloodroot. A great native that has short lasting flowers and awesome foliage. I WISH there were a variegated version. Solidago flexicaulis 'Variegata' A goldenrod for shade. This one has foliage splashed with gold. Not aggressive, but give it some space... 4' wide. Pretty much any Tiarella, Heuchera, or xHeucherella. Especially the creepy kinds. Uvularia grandiflora like solomon's seal but finer textured with peundulus yellow flowers from the tips. That's not to mention all the great woodies like Jap maples, Hydrangea, Lonicera, Tsuga, Taxus, Eleuthrococcus, etc etc etc! The Plant Geek www.confessionsofaplantgeek.com www.facebook.com/botanophilia www.botanophilia.com

It isn't feverfew. It's an Aster and will be hardy on Cape Cod. I'll leave it to the US experts to say which Aster. But we call them Michaelmas Daisies as a blanket term for the late summer flowering ones. This post was edited by florauk on Thu, Sep 26, 13 at 7:21

Glad I stopped over here, Hi, my name is cAROL,I am usually over on the hosta,and WSing forum. Reading this posting is helping me a lot,I just bought a Stokes Aster,'Peaches Pick',very pretty light purple,just a small information lable on it,actually, I bought 3. Can any one tell me the best way to grow them?In years past, I have enjoyed looking at other peoples gardens, and loved the look of asters, only I did not know they were asters. Do I plant them close together, will they get tall,,bushy,,? If there is any thing you can tell me that will help me grown them on to beauty, I will appreciate it. So far, I have enjoyed reading what every one has to say. Thank you, cAROL